Executive functioning skills: How To Get Your Child To Follow The Plan
28 May 2013

Executive functioning skills: How To Get Your Child To Follow The Plan

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  The coach comes, plans are made, checklists are created with extensive “TO DOs” and then what?  Nothing! Students with executive functioning deficits have difficulty planning, organizing and initiating projects and homework. A tutor or coach can help students fill … Continued

Find your Executive Functioning Strengths and Weakness with our FREE QUIZ
17 Mar 2013

Find your Executive Functioning Strengths and Weakness with our FREE QUIZ

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Executive Functioning refers to the skills that help you organize, plan and execute a task. If you would like to discover your own executive functioning strengths and weaknesses, take our free quiz and then read below to see how each … Continued

Processing speed issues are challenging at all ages
22 Feb 2013

Processing speed issues are challenging at all ages

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Sara is now 22 years old and still struggling with processing speed issues.  Here is Sara’s story: When I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed with slow processing speed, given a 504 plan, and told this was a part of my … Continued

Mastering Executive Functioning Skills Requires Grit and Resilience
7 Jan 2013

Mastering Executive Functioning Skills Requires Grit and Resilience

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 by Melissa Mullin Ph.D. Executive functioning skills enable students to manage their workload and plan for the future. These skills allow students to break down a task and organize it as well as create a time lime for completion. Grit … Continued

What Does It Mean To Have Weak Executive Functioning Skills?
6 Dec 2012

What Does It Mean To Have Weak Executive Functioning Skills?

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Many middle school children have difficulty with executive functioning skills. What does this really mean? For many of the students that we work with at the K& M Center this means that they are missing assignments and they are not … Continued

504 Accommodations: Extra Time on Tests
12 Oct 2012

504 Accommodations: Extra Time on Tests

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Brad was a third grader who has struggled with reading since first grade.  His teacher shared with his parents that he is easily distracted and although he was performing at grade level he may have an attention issue. Brad was … Continued

Executive Functioning Workbook
25 Sep 2012

Executive Functioning Workbook

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 By Melissa Mullin, Ph.D. and Karen Fried, PysD. Planning, organizing and following through on your plans require strong executive functioning skills. Developing these skills can take patience, guidance and practice. There are parents, teachers, executive functioning coaches and tutors who … Continued

Summer and Executive Functioning Skills
19 May 2012

Summer and Executive Functioning Skills

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  Summer is a great time to catch up on material your child may not have mastered during the school year. Teaching reading, writing, or math concepts will have clear benefits for your child when they re-enter school in the … Continued

Will My Child Always Be Dyslexic?
10 Mar 2012

Will My Child Always Be Dyslexic?

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  Research is ongoing regarding the neuro-pathways of our brains and how they can change with time and intervention, so you will get different answers to this question depending on whom you ask. Can a dyslexic student learn to read… YES!  … Continued

The Frustrated Learner
24 Oct 2011

The Frustrated Learner

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The Frustration Profile article on my blog, which is about students with high verbal skills and weak motor skills, has gotten more hits and comments than any other blog article I have written.  What I’m realizing is that all students … Continued